At Prairieaction Foundation we believe that results-oriented research can reduce or eliminate violence and abuse in our communities by telling us how effective laws and policies, well-designed programs and well-resourced community responses can make a difference in the lives of families and our communities every day. We do this by granting funds to support:

1. RESOLVE Research Network (Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse);
2. CARE Grant Program (Community Action, Research & Education); and
3. Education and Awareness Grant Program.

1) RESOLVE

Since 1998, the Foundation has provided $1.4 million in funding to RESOLVE, a tri-provincial Prairie research network on violence and abuse. Our annual grant to RESOLVE supports their ongoing infrastructure costs. For every dollar that Prairieaction Foundation has donated, RESOLVE has generated six dollars in outside grants; money that has supported more than 100 RESOLVE research projects aimed at reducing violence.

RESOLVE offices, located at the Universities of Calgary, Manitoba and Regina, bring academics and front-line workers together to collaborate on research projects that are relevant, community-based and produce useful results.

We encourage you to learn more about RESOLVE by visiting their website at http://www.umanitoba.ca/resolve.

2) CARE Grant Program

The CARE Grant Program furthers our goal to support community-based research into solutions to violence and abuse. The Program funds grassroots, community-based organizations to do action-oriented research that will improve their programs and identify effective strategies to alleviate and prevent violence and abuse in their communities.

Click here to access the 2010 Call for Letters of Intent

Past successful grants recipients are listed below:

2003-04 Grant Recipients

2004-05 Grant Recipients

2005-06 Grant Recipients

2006-07 Grant Recipients

2007-08 Grant Recipients

2008-09 Grant Recipients

3) Education & Awareness Grant Program

We believe that building awareness about violence and abuse can make a difference in the lives of families and our communities every day. The Education & Awareness Grant Program provides small grants to community-based, nonprofit organizations for activities that will:

· Increase the knowledge and understanding of the target audience about violence and abuse;

· Actively involve the target audience by encouraging actions that will lead to a safe and violence free society; and

· Promote awareness, discussion and strategic application of the research results of RESOLVE and CARE projects.

Past successful recipients include:

· Manitoba Theatre for Young People’s production of Bang Boy Bang in 2005 ($3,000)

· Manitoba Theatre for Young People’s production of Stones in 2007 ($3,500)

· Alberta Council of Women’s Shelter’s 1^st World Conference of Women’s Shelters in 2008 ($5,000)

· Awo Taan Healing Lodge’s 8^th World Indigenous Women & Wellness Conference in 2008 ($2,000)

Letters of intent are accepted throughout the year but we recommend that you discuss your project idea with us before you submit a request. Contact us at info@prairieactionfoundation.ca to learn more about the criteria for this funding.